The Buzz: Blackface Nicki Minaj Costume Gets Ripped on Instagram, Dawn Richards Releases New Video and More

A woman gets dragged for blackface Nicki Minaj costume.

Dawn Richard's "Blow"   - Dawn Richard released a new video for her club banger "Blow." The video featrures Dawn in many futuristic outfits dancing and strutting her stuff as she sings about being about to, you guessed it, blow up. Check it out here.   (Photo: 2014 Our Dawn Publishing)

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Dawn Richard's "Blow"   - Dawn Richard released a new video for her club banger "Blow." The video featrures Dawn in many futuristic outfits dancing and strutting her stuff as she sings about being about to, you guessed it, blow up. Check it out here.  (Photo: 2014 Our Dawn Publishing)

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Suge Knight and Katt Williams Arrested - Suge Knight and Katt Williams were arrested for allegedly stealing a photographer's camera in Beverly Hills. According to reports, Williams was arraigned Wednesday in a separate assault case. Both have been taken into custody and if Knight, who has a prior conviction for assault with a deadly weapon, is convicted in this case, he faces 30 years to life in prison while Williams faces up to seven.   (Photos from left: by Michael Bezjian/WireImage, Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

Cassie Injured in ATV Accident  - Cassie got into an accident while riding a four-wheeler in Dubai yesterday. The pop singer seems to be doing fine but she did post photos of her injuries, which include a busted lip and some bruises, on her Instagram page. Here's to speedy healing!   (Photo: Cassie via Instagram)

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Cassie Injured in ATV Accident - Cassie got into an accident while riding a four-wheeler in Dubai yesterday. The pop singer seems to be doing fine but she did post photos of her injuries, which include a busted lip and some bruises, on her Instagram page. Here's to speedy healing! (Photo: Cassie via Instagram)

Benzino and Althea Axed?  - Word on the street is Benzino and Althea have been clipped from Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta. According to reports, they were booted because they were blamed for starting the major brawl with Stevie J and Joseline Hernandez and producers sided with the latter two.Our take is that this doesnt sound entirely true. Benzino has proven to be quite entertaining. Plus, there have been other brawls before. So why, all of a sudden, would they get clipped for fighting? (Photo: Prince Williams/FilmMagic)

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Benzino and Althea Axed? - Word on the street is Benzino and Althea have been clipped from Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta. According to reports, they were booted because they were blamed for starting the major brawl with Stevie J and Joseline Hernandez and producers sided with the latter two.Our take is that this doesnt sound entirely true. Benzino has proven to be quite entertaining. Plus, there have been other brawls before. So why, all of a sudden, would they get clipped for fighting? (Photo: Prince Williams/FilmMagic)

Nicki Minaj on having an abortion as a teenager: - “I thought I was going to die. I was a teenager. It was the hardest thing I’d ever gone through. It’d be contradictory if I said I wasn’t pro-choice. I wasn’t ready. I didn’t have anything to offer a child.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Halloween Blackface - As usual, people think it's cute to dress in blackface when Halloween rolls around, so it shouldn't be surprising that one clueless woman "dressed up" as Nicki Minaj. She donned an Afro wig, painted her face dark (way darker than Nicki's actual complexion, by the way) and padded her butt. She then posted the photos on Instagram and got dragged accordingly. She claims that she's "just dressing like a character and that she isn't racist." We say, you should know better by now. Halloween is tomorrow so dress up how you want, even if that character is Black, but stay away from face painting if you're not Black. K? Miley Cyrus pulled off Lil Kim last year without painting herself darker so, you can do it too!.Check out the Nicki costume drama here. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)